Connecticut western news., 1887-02-23
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ulueteeu StOreS III POrtlSmOuth, N. H., and only succeeded in stealing S6O. One of them is under arrest.
 Mrs. Hammond and her son have been ap- pointed administrators on her husbands estate in Detroit, Mich., and furnished bonds in one million dollars.
 The novel spectacle of man on trial be- fore the same judge at the same term of court for murder and civil damages for his crime, may be witnessed at Rondout, N. Y.
 Mrs. Van Slyke, the wife of minister in Kingston, N. Y., stopped runaway horse, saved several children from death or injury and put every man on the streets to shame. A passenger with the nightmare attempted Pan Handle route, Pittsburg, Pa. The porter caught him, dragged him back and woke him up.
 The first joint ballot for Senator was taken by the New Jersey Legislature without result, Abbott and Sewell each receiving 35 votes, and other candidates, to the number of eight, re- ceiving one or two each.
 George Clinton, of Buffalo, hopes to pre- vent the completion of the Poughkeepsie Bridge across the Hudson, as he declares the main abutment is in the principal channel and will permanently iniure navigation of the river.
 The village of New Holland, Logan county, ILL, was destroyed by fire.
 Tom Gould the New York dive keeper, was not to be found, as he is believed to have fled again. His bondsmen paid S1, 800 to the District Attorney.
 James ". Forshay, the ex-President of the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railway, indicted for bribing the poodle Aldermen, died at his residence in New York city.
 Mary C.. Anderson, the girl who was shot near Mount Holley, N: J., appears to be reluc- tant to make any definite statement. She leaves the impression that she is holding back something.
 The house of Dr. George Talcott, in First street, South Brooklyn, was robbed of S1. .50O in jewelry by 8 burglar, who gagged and bound Mrs. Booth. 8 nurse attending upon MT. Talcott, who was an invalid.
 Col. John Jameson, Supt. Railway Mail Service, has resigned.
 Severe floods are reported from Illinois. Much damage has been done.
 Three fishermen went trawling from Gloucester vessel in dory and are supposed to be lost.
 keeper, killed his wife and himself near Mil waukee, Wis.
 Il. R. Goodwin, who killed T. R. Dalton, at Memphis, for defaming his sister, Mrs. Polk was acquitted by jury.
 Great suffering is reported among the in- habitants of Newfoundland, and the provincial treasury IS almost empty.
 Bingham, the deaf mute who murdered his sweetheart, is said to have been seen in the western part of North Carolina. Secretary Manning has placed his resigna- tion in the Presidents hands, and has left Washington on a visit to Albany.
 -Alexander MacArthur, of Winnipeg, and Q drug clerk named Young have started cn an expedition to discover the North Pole. Edwin H. Filler, Republican, was elected Mayor of Philadelphia and the first city cleo tion under the new charter went favorably to the Republicans.
 Three parties, not related to each other, claim corpse picked up at San Francisco as their nearest relative. It has prominent nose and only one eye.
 John Steyer, resident of Suspension by leaping from the suspension bridge, falling l9O feet into the rapids.
 Larry O'Brien, the noted sporting man, is dead. He died at Nassau from the effects of the terrible slashing of George Truman's big bowie knife in New York.
 Mir. s. Foster Dewey, once the confidential secretary to 'sBoss'' Tweed, an intimate friend of the late Mir. William H. Vanderbilt, and well known character, died suddenly on Tues day.
 Emit Paul, of New York, won . heavy wager by finishing up the last of eighty-two quail eaten in forty-one consecutive days. He completed his task at ten minutes before mid-
 
 ate five more off hand. Over $10,000 changed hands. Paul wants to bet that he can eat one hundred quail in forty days.
 WASHINGTON.
 In the Senate the River and Harbor bill was reported.
 In the House general debate on the Con- sular and Diplomatic bill was finished. The bill, by sections, will now be considered. foin to Chief Signal Officer of the Army. The new position carries with it the rank and pay of a brigadier general The House Committee on appropriations has agreed to report an amendment to the Sun- dry Civil bill giving s19, 800 for lighting the Statue of Liberty at Bedloe's Island. The President will nominats a successor to Secretary Manning, who has resigned, be- | fore the adjournment of Congress, but the | appointment will not take effect before April 1. In the Senate Mir. Jones, of Nevada, from | the Committee on Finance, reported back House amendments to the Trade Dollar bill, with recommendation that they be non-con- | cured in.
 The House Committee on Appropriations re ported bill appropriating $4, ,663, 1O4 (the full amount of the estimates) for the payment o | pensions under the Mexican Pension bill fol | the next year.
 In the Senate the twin Naval bill for the | Soheti uetiou ol HeaNlly aTmOreQ ana other | vessels for coast defence was passed. The Eads Tehuantepec Ship Railway bill was passed, and the bill incorporating the Nicaragua Maritime Canal Company was taken up.
 The resignation of Secretary Manning | breaks that unity in President Cleveland's Cabinet which he had hoped to preserve to the | end of hls term. President Pierce alone of all tine Presidents kept his Cabinet intact through the four years of his administration.
 In the House the veto of the Texas Seed bill was sustained. The conference report or the Anti-Mormon bill W as then agreed to. 4 olI allowing French spollatlon claimants te | appeal to the Supreme Court was reported The Consular and Diplomatic bill was passed The conference report on the Sundry Civil bill was considered.
 The House Committee on Military affair resumed the consideration of the McAdoo bill hleut.1Gen. Sheridan was present by invita- ton. He said that he had heretofore refraine from expressing any expert opinion on the sut Ject of coast defence, but in his view what tn country needs at present is guns, and whe these have been procured 1t will be proper t take up the question of Notifications. | The Senate concurred in the House Chi nese Indemnity bill. Another conference com mlttee on the repeal of .he Pre-emption ant Timber Culture law was ordered. A bill fo the purchase of Ericsson's destroyer" wa favorably reported. The House bill restrict ing the importing and landing of mackere | ed. The Eads' Ship Railway bill was discuss cd.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 The steamship Great Eastern was sold a auction in Liverpool for S13O,OO0
 Traders from the interior of Africa repor at Cape Town that the explorer, Dr. Emil Ho Tub, his wife, and the entire party accompany ing him, have been massacred by natives.
 An explosion has occurred in the Cate eolllery, in the Rhonda Valley. There ar hfty-two men entombed in the mine. Crie can be heard at the mouth of the shaft, and